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Judo is rare among fighting sports, as the fighter's intention is to defeat an opponent without inflicting injury.

Aimed at newcomers to the sport, this book highlights the basics of Judo and details the most important techniques with the aid of more than 100 photos. An easy-to-read and practical book, Colin Oates Judo explains how to accomplish important throws, hold downs, the basics of strangles and arm bars, and more. In turn, uniquely, it groups throwing techniques into clusters so that grip movements are minimized and techniques link together for easy recall. There is also...

Whether your sport is Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling or MMA, the skill and art of Newaza (Groundwork) should be studied in depth.

"Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork" highlights the basic drills required by the novice, to the more complex moves used by experienced groundwork practitioners. With the aid of over 180 photographs, this easy-to-read and practical book explains turnovers, hold downs, arm bars and strangles and also describes the practical application of such moves in contest situations. Readers will learn 'what to do' and 'what not to do' in certain positions on the...

Originally published in 1971, this was the first text on community studies which analysed the major empirical work in this field in a comparative perspective. It is concerned both with the sociology of community and the sociology of community studies. It takes both the findings of individual studies and the research process itself as significant sociological data in their own right, and it asks continually: how do we know what we know about communities?

Community Studies is, then, not only a contribution to that particular field but also to our understanding of the...

Fenner and White's Medical Virology, Fifth Edition provides an integrated view of related sciences, from cell biology, to medical epidemiology and human social behavior. The perspective represented by this book, that of medical virology as an infectious disease science, is meant to provide a starting point, an anchor, for those who must relate the subject to clinical practice, public health practice, scholarly research, and other endeavors.

The book presents detailed exposition on the properties of viruses, how viruses replicate, and how viruses cause disease. These chapters...